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Personal data Gerk Pieters 


Household of Gerk Pieters

He is married to Grietje Fokkes.

They got married on May 12, 1776 at Eestrum, gem. Tietjerksteradeel (Fr).Source 1


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerk Pieters

Gerk Pieters
± 1750-????

1776

Grietje Fokkes
± 1750-????

Pieter Gerks van der Veer
1777-1855

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Sources

  1. www.allefriezen.nl

Historical events

Day of marriage May 12, 1776

  • The temperature on May 12, 1776 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1776: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 10 » American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
    • July 2 » American Revolution: The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not published until July 4.
    • August 10 » American Revolutionary War: Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
    • September 10 » American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
    • September 11 » British–American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
    • September 22 » Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.

Day of burial November 25, 1782

  • The temperature on November 25, 1782 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1782: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 16 » Anglo-Spanish War (1779): Action of 16 March 1782.
    • April 6 » King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) establishes the Chakri dynasty.
    • April 21 » The city of Rattanakosin, now known internationally as Bangkok, is founded on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.
    • June 10 » King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) is crowned.
    • July 1 » Raid on Lunenburg: American privateers attack the British settlement of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
    • August 7 » George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic Purple Heart.

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